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Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future.

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Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

The Work Leader role is primarily responsible for serving as the lead point of contact for a transit and reports to the Field Manager. The Work Leader is tasked with onsite onboarding for new technicians, technician training, safety communication and additional area support to ensure accuracy, safety and efficiency for Bridgestone Mileage Sales..

Responsibilities

• Onsite onboarding for new technicians
• Provide on-the-job training for new Technicians
• Instruct and educate teammates on safety procedures and policies
• Assess technician capabilities and identify training opportunities using performance tools working jointly with the Field Manager
• Inspect teammate performance standards and hold technicians accountable for performance
• Oversee/Manage personnel and processes at key Transit account
• Oversee staff of 13 Union Tire Technicians working on-site at 5 transit tire shop locations
• Report to and work closely with area Field Ops Manager as a liaison to key customer contacts
• Manage daily/weekly/monthly goals as per customer contract expectations
• Manage customer fleet through vehicle inspections/tire inspections
• Manage tire inventory- ordering tires to maintain adequate stock on hand/ processing worn out and damaged outbound tires for weekly pickup/ conduct inventory counts
• Drive adoption of electronic processes as they continue to evolve
• Ensure safety in the workplace through monthly safety meeting attendance, spot checking location organization and cleanliness and enforcing required PPE
• Maintain supply of necessary tools, equipment and shop supplies
• Train new hires, assist Field Ops Manager in interview and hiring process
• Report weekly payroll
• Submit supply vendor invoices for payment
• Help with tire service when warranted
• Work with customer to maintain forklift certifications and CDL training

Additional

• Be able to train and perform other duties as assigned or as required, such as: removing mounting and/or installing tires, loading and unloading trucks requiring the movement of items weighting up to 100 lbs.
• Drives company vehicle
• Utilizes company laptop
• Continuously learns new technical information and electronic processes
• Complies with company safety policy and federal/state OSHA safety requirements and train and inspect that other technicians are following safety guideline such as; the wearing of approved eye protection, proper lifting techniques, proper wheel torqueing, proper footwear, etc.

Relevant experience and education required

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.